James MacPherson

James MacPherson is an author at Religion News Service.

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North Dakota county votes to take limited number of refugees

By James MacPherson — December 10, 2019
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota county on Monday voted to accept no more than 25 refugees next year, after initially signaling it would be the first to ban them since President Donald Trump ordered that states and counties should have the power to do so.

Some North Dakota GOP lawmakers abstain from Hindu prayer

By James MacPherson — April 3, 2019
(AP) — Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism in Nevada, offered prayer as the guest chaplain in the House, a day after he delivered the invocation in the Senate without incident.

Scientists Say Placenta May Ease Stem Cell Debate

By James MacPherson — January 13, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J. _ It’s early afternoon in the labor and delivery room at Morristown Memorial Hospital, where Didi Bogert, 36, is sprawled in bed. She’s exhausted and pale, and her voice is a whisper. Her obstetrician, Craig Bissinger, is starting to think C-section. Her equally exhausted husband, Greg, is […]
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